Paderewski plays Chopin Valse Brilliante Op 34 No 1 on Duo Art

Add &fmt=18 for stereo. Ignace Jan Paderewski performs Chopin’s Valse Brilliante Opus 34 No. 1, recorded September 1922 on Duo Art piano roll, and played on a newly restored 1920 George Steck 6’1“ Duo Art grand. Paderewski was one of the most famous performers who recorded for Aeolian in this period. Some people dismiss pneumatic players and these roll recordings today as musically inaccurate or unimportant, perhaps because the player mechanism is complex and few of the surviving instruments are in good re